FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM - XCELERANT

MDR report key: 1905363 · Received November 18, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-02277
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 18, 2010
Date of Event
October 21, 2010
Report Date
October 21, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVAL, RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS: (FROM THE INFO PROVIDED, THE CAUSE OF THE MISALIGNED OPENINGS CANNOT BE DETERMINED).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM APPROX ONE MONTH AGO. THE AORTIC ARCH WAS NORMAL. AT THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY, THE DIAMETER OF THE THORACIC AORTA MEASURED 34-35 MM IN DIAMETER AND 1 CM DISTALLY IT WAS 38 MM IN DIAMETER. IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN DEPLOYMENT WAS INITIATED WITH THE FIRST THORACIC PROXIMAL MAIN, IT STARTED TO DEPLOY IN THE MISALIGNED POSITION, HOWEVER, THE PHYSICIAN PULLED THE DELIVERY SYSTEM DOWN AND CORRECTED THE MISALIGNED APEX. THE STENT GRAFT WAS IMPLANTED 2 CM LOWER THAN INTENDED. (MFR # 2953200-2010-02276). THE PHYSICIAN ELECTED TO IMPLANT A SECOND PROXIMAL MAIN STENT GRAFT AND DURING THE DEPLOYMENT, THE SAME THING THAT OCCURRED WITH THE FIRST DEVICE HAPPENED. A THIRD DEVICE WAS DEPLOYED AND LANDED AT THE INTENDED LOCATION. NO CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM - XCELERANT MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR NA V00207215

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Required Intervention